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You might try PDF-Multi-Print http://www.pdfstore.com/details.asp?ProdID=703 It may produce the results you are looking for. Steve Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [PDFdev] Specifying print options in PDFs > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > Wow! This is the $64,000.00 question! > > We need to do this, too, and we've been trying to find a way to do it for > several years. Our Web-based ASP application (www.ReplyMailOnLine.com) > generates PDF documents that contain U.S. Postal Service bar codes and other > graphics that MUST be printed at 100% scale. Many versions of Adobe Acrobat > and Adobe Acrobat Reader/Adobe Reader are set for "Fit to page" by default, > and this causes tons of problems for us. > > I know that we could do some things with JavaScript that would address this, > but the JavaScript-based solutions would not work with Reader, which is what > most of our customers use. > > I've had several discussions with Adobe's technical people about this, and > I've also suggested that Adobe stop enabling "Fit to page" by default in > future product releases. > > The last time I talked about this with a technical person at Adobe, I was > told, "It's always better to print a document at the largest size that will > fit on the page." I then explained to him why it is NOT always better. :) > > If anyone has any ideas about how to deal with this issue, I'd like to hear > about it. > > Also, if others in this group would make an effort to contact Adobe's people > about this problem, maybe things will change for the better down the road. > > - Cynthia Leslie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David R Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:52 AM > Subject: [PDFdev] Specifying print options in PDFs > > > > > > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > > _____________________________________________________________ > > > > Is there any way within PDF to specify that a PDF should not be printed > > with shrink to fit or any scaling? This is required for architectural > > drawings in PDF, as measurements taken from scaled printed output could > > be disastrous(!). > > > > I don't think that this is possible without a plug-in being required on > > the end user's computer. Job tickets, for example, cannot force this > > (can they by requiring a certain paper size?), and of course job tickets > > would not apply when printed to a standard printer as far as I know. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > David > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Dr David R Evans Telephone: (+44) 115 9524333 > > Merlin Open Systems Facsimile: (+44) 115 9472625 (& 24hr > answerphone) > > P O Box 230 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NOTTINGHAM WWW: http://www.merlin-os.co.uk/ > > NG1 3ND, UK > > Acrobat resellers, specialists in Adobe Acrobat > > plug-ins and electronic publishing software > > > > > > To change your subscription: > > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html > > > > > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
